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"Waste" By Any Other Name

. . . weekend SF Gate article about highly educated Indian women, married to highly skilled professionals, who are not allowed to work because of their immigration status:

[There are] thousands of women who came to the United States on the coattails of their husbands' H-1B visas, granted to highly skilled professionals to fill jobs at the software companies and technology labs of Silicon Valley. But under the conditions of their H-4 dependent visas, spouses are not allowed to work here. Often highly educated and skilled, they find themselves in the uncomfortable position of social and financial dependency on their husbands, while struggling to adjust to life in a new country.

. . . followed by a comment from "jmp":

I know most will disagree with this comment because Xenophobia is all the rage now...but it is sad that the people who grow up as citizens in this country are raised to be too stupid (through homeschooling, poor schooling, etc.) to be much use except for working at WalMart or aspiring to be the next drugged out celebrity. Whereas the highly talented and educated people that come here ready to work hard and contribute high-value to our economy and not allowed to. It is no wonder we are slowly being crushed in the global economy.

. . . Tom?

What is the Fletcher Perspective on this one?

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on March 10, 2008 (boomark / email).